(Non-Ammachi) Chapters 3 and 4 from Babaji

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CHAPTER III

 

BABAJI’S Mission

 

One would naturally ask “What is Babaji’s Mission in

this Avatar? What is the main purpose for which

Sadashiva has himself taken the human form and is

moving among us? These questions are very well

answered by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavat Gita when he

tells Arjuna that whenever the evil and sin (Adharma)

increases beyond a limit, the Gods come to the world

to protect the good and destroy the evil. Mahendra

Maharaj in his book “Divya Kathamrit”, narrates how

the human beings loose completely their morals and

become very unhappy. The people start enjoying various

material comforts hoping to get bliss and happiness

while in actuality, the are becoming the more and more

sorrowful, fearful and unhappy. Though, humans acquire

deep knowledge of science, they, are really ignorant

of true knowledge. Though they are busy all of the

time working to acquire happiness, they do not do any

practice (Sadhana) which would lead to real happiness.

They have come to a stage where they are completely

confused; they can not differentiate between truth and

untruth. At this stage Sadashiva says,”

 

(Sanskrit text)

 

“Seeking the pitiable stage of human beings, I am

feeling very distressed and my mind is also very much

disturbed. So now I have decided to get into the human

world: go to each person, and remove their ties of

sorrow. I have to teach them how to stay detached even

getting completely attached to the day-to-day life. In

my human form my rule will be flawless; The law will

be the great Vedas; The path by which the humans can

attain bliss would be the Sanatan Dharma. With these

words Sadashiva has come into the human world. While

in all the other Avatars of Vishnu the main purpose

has been to destroy the bad people like demons and

wicked people like Kauravas. In this Avatar Shiva does

not intend to conduct any wars. By wars only the

superficial strata of evil is erased off from the face

of the earth. But the basic ill-the mind does not get

cured; Hence Babaji’s Mission is condensed in a few

words by Mahendra Maharaj as:

 

(Sanskrit)

 

“The basic work would be to change the hearts; only

then would all the living beings get happiness. Hence

my most important work would be to change the hearts

and mind of creatures.”

 

This is exactly what Babaji is doing in practice. He

has selected people from every strata and every

profession of life and is giving them various types of

training. Each one gets a different type of training

upon the caliber and the nature of the person. As the

sole purpose is to improve and to change the minds,

the treatment is very much different than one is

accustomed to. At times one becomes very much confused

and also scared. But, as Babaji has been insistently

telling, “Have Faith?” He shows this by his own

actions. He also behaves like any other ordinary being

and sets the example, as to how to live happily.

Failure and success would not have any influence on

the day-to-day life. He constructed Ashrams which

collapsed during floods. But he will again build them

patiently with a smiling happy outlook. He is showing

how one should face crisis, boldly and with

confidence. God, is the Supreme force within us and

would take care of everything if only we overcome our

ego, become the real actors and surrender to him.

Babaji is teaching all this silently with very few

words but with full action. It is for us now to learn

from him. He has come to the world to give. We have to

learn how to take and what to take.

 

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA

 

CHAPTER IV

 

BABJI’S TEACHING

 

Mahendra Maharaj very aptly describes Babaji’s mode of

teaching when he cites the Dhakshinamuthy Sotra

wherein is described that the Sadguru always clears

all the doubts of the student in silence itself.

Babaji never gives discourses; neither does He

encourage nor participate in discussions. Rarely,

however, He does orally explain and clear the doubts

of his devotees through mental transmissions. For

those who have not been able to raise to such a

spiritual level, He would create circumstances in

their day-to-day life in such a way that the devotee

obtains himself the answers and solutions for the

various doubts. Instantly, he receives the answer

either telepathically or through circumstances created

for him by Babaji. Thus Babaji has been showing to all

the vast power of the mind.

 

The fundamental principle which Babaji has been

preaching is that for obtaining the bliss and

happiness, it is very essential to control the mind.

Mental power is the supreme power in creation. Even

the creation was started by the mental power of

Sadashiva only. The Sankhya Yogis attribute this mind

power to prakriti which is equivalent to the Shakti of

Shivites. As such, one who has complete control over

the mind will be able to control the entire creation

itself. Such a person is the Supreme God who is known

by various names as Sadashiva, Purush, Adi Brahma,

etc. The Yogis and Siddhas have only partial control

over their minds. The training required to develop

control over the mind has been named by Babaji as

Manasa Yoga. While Babaji spread through Lahiri

Mahasaya the technique of Kriya Yoga, the science of

controlling the human body to an extent of even

rejuvenating the dying cells of the body. He spread

through Mahendra Maharaj the techniques of Manasa

Yoga, the science of mental power and its control.

Thus theoretically, if one perfects for himself both

the Kriya Yoga and Manasa Yoga, one can raise to the

level of a Super God. The easiest way to understand

Manasa Yoga and its practice is to follow the

instructions given by Mahendra Maharaj, The

fundamental prerequisite for following Manasa Yoga is

:Shradha” ,.i.e. faith. One should have faith in his

Guru. Just as one has faith in one’s physician to get

cured, one has to have faith in the path shown by

one’s Guru to obtain spiritual achievement. After the

faith comes the “Sadhana”, i.e. practice. This

practice has again two fundamental processes viz,.

“Sahana: i.e. tolerance and “Sumirana” i.e.

remembrance. Sahana consists of not only tolerance but

also patience and perseverance. Just as one has to go

through various examinations before finally obtaining

the degree in a University the Guru would give

different grades of tests at every stage. These tests

will be not only physical, but also mental; not only

materialistic, but also spiritual. One has to have the

tolerance and perseverance to pass through all these

tests. Just as it would take over 15 years to obtain a

University Degree, one has to have patience to

steadfastly practice the system prescribed by the

Guru. Along with Sahana, one has to also practice

Sumirana in the process of Manasa Yoga. Sumirana,

“remembrance” means to remember Him, the Guru at all

times. By constantly remembering Him and thinking of

Him one can develop the telepathic contact with Him

whereby one can receive answers from Him directly. By

this constant practice of remembrance, one’s ego will

be eliminated. As soon as the ego is killed, one would

be able to develop rapport with the system, leading to

the Realization of the soul. This process is also

called “Self-Realization.” Once the complete self

realization has taken place, the effects on the body

of contracts like happiness, grief, laughter and anger

will vanish leading to the bliss. To illustrate this

method of Sumirana, Babaji cites the example of

Shukadeva. Shukadeva was a born Yogi and master of all

sciences. He was the son of Vyasa who was the author

of Mahabharata and all Puranas. Shukadeva had mastered

all the scriptures before he was nine years old. One

when he was quite proud of himself, his father told

him that the greater person than him was King Janaka.

 

To find out the truth, Shukadeva went to Janaka’s

Kingdom and observed King Janaka’s mode of living ect.

As he could not make out any difference between him

and other kings, Shukadeva directly questioned King

Janaka the reason for his greatness. As an answer,

King Janaka asked Shukadeva to carry a pitcher full of

water on his head and take a round of the capital. The

only condition that he put was that during his

walking, no water drop should fall out of the pitcher.

Otherwise, he would be beheaded. Shukadeva followed

King Janaka’s instructions meticulously and returned

to him. King Janaka politely asked the saint as to

where his mind was during the rounds for which

Shukadeva replied, that he was so scared of the King

that he was always concentrating his mind on the

pitcher so that no drop of water falls out. Then

Janaka pointed out that just like Sukaeva had

concentrated his mind while going through the streets

of the capital, he always keeps his mind concentrated

on God even though he is externally doing all the

duties of a normal king. This practice of Sumirana

made him great.

 

To aid these two methods of practice, some training of

the mind is also necessary. This training of mind is

basically dependent upon the path of the daily life.

This path is to follow the principle Satya Saralata

and Prema, i.e. truth, simplicity and love. Mahendra

Maharaj describes truth as “Whatever the mind thinks

the voice should tell and the organs should do.” The

exact co-ordination of the three powers viz, thought,

speech and action is called truth. As simple, natural

life leads to “Simplicity” it is only to hide the real

truth that one takes for complicated life. Because of

this complicated life, one ends in misery and sorrow.

Hence, after following the path of truth one can

easily become simple. To be simple, one has to have a

clean conscience and detachment towards the

materialistic world. Greed and anger can not go hand

and hand with simplicity. To lead a simple life one

should practice voluntary poverty. By leading a simple

life with simple habits and simple outlook, one can

avoid all sorrow and greed. Love has the basis of

devotion. According to the Upanishads, Love combined

with Rati, wife of the Love God, leads only to

physical love. However, when the same love is

attracted towards only the Supreme, i.e. God, it

becomes devotion. Whereas the will power controls the

truth and physical power, simplicity, the power of the

heart controls love and devotion. By practicing Satya,

Saralata and Prema, one should be able to control

one’s mind, body, and feelings of the heart. With

these controls, if one practices Sadhana and Sumirana,

one would be able to control the mind power and

thereby reach the Supreme. This leads to a happy and

contented life in the material world. To aid the

devotees to practice Sumirana, Babaji gives them

various mantras. The common mantra is, however, Om

Namah Shivaya, which in its simplest form, means

salutations to Lord Shiva. This mantra is called a

Moola Mantra in Hindu texts. The word Shiva in

Sanskrit has different meanings. Shiva means one who

gives happiness. As such, this word can refer to any

God and also to any thing which gives happiness. That

is why this mantra can be used to refer to all Gods

and hence becomes the Moola Mantra (the basic mantra).

The God Shiva is one of the basic trio of Hindu

Mythology i.e. Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Whereas

Brahman is the Lord of creation, Vishnu is the Lord of

maintenance, Shiva is the God of destruction. This

trio went again in turn created by Lord Sada Shiva who

is the Supreme God. The term Sada Shiva means one who

gives happiness at all times. In the Puranas also it

has been explained that recitation of this mantra

would quickly yield all benefits. During Babaji’s

kirtan sessions, recitation of this mantra forms the

main program. Sometimes he makes the devotees recite

this mantra continuously through the night also. The

above are thus the essence of Babaji’s Teachings. With

these basic tools one can achieve whatever one wants

just as an artist can evolve any image he wants with

the help of his tools.

 

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA

 

 

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